Caddie1966 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 This week is our member guest at my club and I could not play in it due to some family travel. They shut the whole facility down to anyone who is not playing in the tournament. I was going through withdrawal not having hit a ball in days. I live on the 16th hole of an upscale public course and went to their range yesterday. I was told I had to join as a social member to use the range. $65/month for range balls. This was a new development. I explained I have lived on this public course for 16 years and I simply paid $10/bucket when I had hit there previously, including a few months ago. The pro shop guy was insistent that I had to join and then could purchase range balls. Finally he relented and I bought two large buckets for $35. I hit every ball as if it was the last ball on earth. I know we are in inflationary times but has the price of range balls has escalated to $17.50 a bucket? BallsLeon, cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and 1 other 2 2 Quote 917D2 driver 3 wood TS2 19 degree and 21 degree hybrids 0211 5-GW irons Glide 56 and 60 degree wedges EXO7 putter MAX grip Pro V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallsLeon Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 New driver came yesterday night, so got up first thing and hit the range. Was raining, but got about 100 balls in. Warmed up with 9 iron, half swings into full swings. Felt good. About 15-20 balls Moved up to fairway wood off the tee, and got in the groove for that. About 10 balls. Spent the rest of the time working on driver. Was very confidence inspiring for me, was hitting mostly right down the pipe. Not crazy distance right now, but huge improvement over going OB every time. Focused on my setup/address, tee height compared to club head, and grip across all clubs. sirchunksalot, JerryB and cksurfdude 3 Quote Driver : Rogue ST Max LS, 10.5° loft, MCA TENSEI AV White 65g, Stiff flex (44.5") 3-Wood: Rogue ST LS, 15° loft, MCA TENSEI AV Blue 65g, Reg flex (42.25", tipped 0.5") 3-Utility: 699 Pro V2 Utility Satin, 18° loft, HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80g, 6.0 flex Irons: T200 6i-GW, 27°-48° lofts, Nippon Modus3 120g, Stiff flex (+0.5”, 1° upright) Wedges: Indi FLX S-Grind, 52°/56°/60° lofts, Dynamic Gold Spinner 115g, Wedge flex Putter: King Vintage Sport 60, SteelFiber P125 shaft (34"), Quad Tour Taper grip Bag: Ultralight Pro, Ski Patrol/Black Push Cart: Nitron, Black/Red Rangefinder: Bushnell Tour V5 Shift 2023 MGS Forum Review: Sugar Golf Balls (Final Review Posted) 2023 MGS Forum Review: Sycamore 009 Mini Putter (Final Review Posted) 2024 Unofficial Review: The "Putting Thing" by WhyGolf -TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Wish I could hit my driver on the course as well as I do on the range. BallsLeon, tdroma98, rkj427 and 5 others 4 4 Quote Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richk9holes Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 After a horrible putting round on Thursday I focused on practice on my SKLZ mat yesterday and today. Yesterday was sets of 5 and 6 balls from 3-7 1/2'. Made 31/32 only miss was from 4 ft and was on line but didn't get up the "hill" and rolled back. Today I made 24/24 in sets of 6 balls from 3-7' and decided to bank that good feeling. I figure if I can replicate those 24 putts on the course there won't be much more putting work to be done for a decent score. BallsLeon, sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and 1 other 4 Quote Finding a way to turn birdies into bogeys since 1992. #TeamChunks '23 Forum Tester: Elixir Golf Ball WITB:TS2 10.5° @ 11.25° Tensei blue AV 55 R graph•917f2 15° @ 16.5° Diamana blue x5ct dialed 70 R graph•Stealth 22° Ventus red 6 (non-velo) R graph• 699u 2i 17° tgi 70 R graph•24° Tour v 90 black pvd R steel•699 6i-PW Tour 110 black pvd R steel• SM8 50°/08° @ 52°/10° SM8 stock steel• Jaws Full Toe 56°/12° DG Spinner TI steel • c series DW 2.0 slant neck stock steel•Phantom 2 gps•Tour v3 rangefinder•Elixir golf ball• Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Caddie1966 said: This week is our member guest at my club and I could not play in it due to some family travel. They shut the whole facility down to anyone who is not playing in the tournament. I was going through withdrawal not having hit a ball in days. I live on the 16th hole of an upscale public course and went to their range yesterday. I was told I had to join as a social member to use the range. $65/month for range balls. This was a new development. I explained I have lived on this public course for 16 years and I simply paid $10/bucket when I had hit there previously, including a few months ago. The pro shop guy was insistent that I had to join and then could purchase range balls. Finally he relented and I bought two large buckets for $35. I hit every ball as if it was the last ball on earth. I know we are in inflationary times but has the price of range balls has escalated to $17.50 a bucket? Holy inflation Batman. IndyBonzo, sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and 1 other 3 1 Quote Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Caddie1966 said: This week is our member guest at my club and I could not play in it due to some family travel. They shut the whole facility down to anyone who is not playing in the tournament. I was going through withdrawal not having hit a ball in days. I live on the 16th hole of an upscale public course and went to their range yesterday. I was told I had to join as a social member to use the range. $65/month for range balls. This was a new development. I explained I have lived on this public course for 16 years and I simply paid $10/bucket when I had hit there previously, including a few months ago. The pro shop guy was insistent that I had to join and then could purchase range balls. Finally he relented and I bought two large buckets for $35. I hit every ball as if it was the last ball on earth. I know we are in inflationary times but has the price of range balls has escalated to $17.50 a bucket? Sounds like they had a policy change. He probably picked some random price since he was appeasing your desire to hit balls sirchunksalot, IndyBonzo and cksurfdude 3 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 4 hours ago, tony@CIC said: Wish I could hit my driver on the course as well as I do on the range. While that’s consistent you are robbing your self of distance. If you got the marks on the other side of the center line and above it you would gain a good amount of distance thru improved launch and spin cksurfdude, chisag and IndyBonzo 2 1 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 5 hours ago, tony@CIC said: Wish I could hit my driver on the course as well as I do on the range. ... You Da Man! 99.99% of every golf forum member would LOVE this contact pattern. I can't even call it a "pattern" because it is just so consistent. Well done Tony and good luck taking this amazing driving to the course! richk9holes, cksurfdude, IndyBonzo and 2 others 3 2 Quote Driver: Qi10 10.5* ... AutoFlex Dream 7 SF405 Fairway: Qi10 5 wood ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: 430 Hybrid 22*... Diamana LTD 65r DHy #4 ... Steelfiber 780Hy Irons: '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r Wedges: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r Putter: Sport-60 33" Ball: Maxfli/ Maxfli Tour/TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richk9holes Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 8 hours ago, Caddie1966 said: This week is our member guest at my club and I could not play in it due to some family travel. They shut the whole facility down to anyone who is not playing in the tournament. I was going through withdrawal not having hit a ball in days. I live on the 16th hole of an upscale public course and went to their range yesterday. I was told I had to join as a social member to use the range. $65/month for range balls. This was a new development. I explained I have lived on this public course for 16 years and I simply paid $10/bucket when I had hit there previously, including a few months ago. The pro shop guy was insistent that I had to join and then could purchase range balls. Finally he relented and I bought two large buckets for $35. I hit every ball as if it was the last ball on earth. I know we are in inflationary times but has the price of range balls has escalated to $17.50 a bucket? $10 for a small bucket w/ 40 or so balls where I go, so not far off. I thought it was expensive when they raised it and stopped going so much. cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 1 1 Quote Finding a way to turn birdies into bogeys since 1992. #TeamChunks '23 Forum Tester: Elixir Golf Ball WITB:TS2 10.5° @ 11.25° Tensei blue AV 55 R graph•917f2 15° @ 16.5° Diamana blue x5ct dialed 70 R graph•Stealth 22° Ventus red 6 (non-velo) R graph• 699u 2i 17° tgi 70 R graph•24° Tour v 90 black pvd R steel•699 6i-PW Tour 110 black pvd R steel• SM8 50°/08° @ 52°/10° SM8 stock steel• Jaws Full Toe 56°/12° DG Spinner TI steel • c series DW 2.0 slant neck stock steel•Phantom 2 gps•Tour v3 rangefinder•Elixir golf ball• Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hedrick Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Currently the weakest part of my game is putting. I spent a couple of hours today trying to improve my putting. I am playing a round of golf tomorrow with a friend and will see if my practice today will pay off. Caddie1966, cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and 4 others 7 Quote Bag C130, 14 way Cart Bag Driver TSR1 Fairway GBB Epic 5 Hybrid Epic Flash 4H Iron 2 iron Irons Launcher HB, 4 through PW Wedges CBX2, 54 & 60 degree Putter Seemore Si1 Putter Ball Titleist pro v1x Other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 7 hours ago, tony@CIC said: Wish I could hit my driver on the course as well as I do on the range. You sure you didn't put that driver in an Iron Byron? That's some awesome consistency! GolfSpy_KFT, Caddie1966, tdroma98 and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richk9holes Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said: You sure you didn't put that driver in an Iron Byron? That's some awesome consistency! Haha @tony@CIC below is pictured in purple what mine would look like IndyBonzo, tdroma98, GolfSpy_KFT and 3 others 1 5 Quote Finding a way to turn birdies into bogeys since 1992. #TeamChunks '23 Forum Tester: Elixir Golf Ball WITB:TS2 10.5° @ 11.25° Tensei blue AV 55 R graph•917f2 15° @ 16.5° Diamana blue x5ct dialed 70 R graph•Stealth 22° Ventus red 6 (non-velo) R graph• 699u 2i 17° tgi 70 R graph•24° Tour v 90 black pvd R steel•699 6i-PW Tour 110 black pvd R steel• SM8 50°/08° @ 52°/10° SM8 stock steel• Jaws Full Toe 56°/12° DG Spinner TI steel • c series DW 2.0 slant neck stock steel•Phantom 2 gps•Tour v3 rangefinder•Elixir golf ball• Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 9 hours ago, Caddie1966 said: This week is our member guest at my club and I could not play in it due to some family travel. They shut the whole facility down to anyone who is not playing in the tournament. I was going through withdrawal not having hit a ball in days. I live on the 16th hole of an upscale public course and went to their range yesterday. I was told I had to join as a social member to use the range. $65/month for range balls. This was a new development. I explained I have lived on this public course for 16 years and I simply paid $10/bucket when I had hit there previously, including a few months ago. The pro shop guy was insistent that I had to join and then could purchase range balls. Finally he relented and I bought two large buckets for $35. I hit every ball as if it was the last ball on earth. I know we are in inflationary times but has the price of range balls has escalated to $17.50 a bucket? 39 minutes ago, richk9holes said: $10 for a small bucket w/ 40 or so balls where I go, so not far off. I thought it was expensive when they raised it and stopped going so much. Both those prices are crazy high, especially for @Caddie1966. I mean $17.50 a bucket, that sounds like robbery to me. The range I go to has small buckets which are around 40 balls for $5 and it's $10 for a large. I used to pay $80 for a range pass that consisted of 15 large buckets but when the new owner bought it, he did away with that. IndyBonzo and cksurfdude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_BEN Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Just now, sirchunksalot said: Both those prices are crazy high, especially for @Caddie1966. I mean $17.50 a bucket, that sounds like robbery to me. The range I go to has small buckets which are around 40 balls for $5 and it's $10 for a large. I used to pay $80 for a range pass that consisted of 15 large buckets but when the new owner bought it, he did away with that. The going rate for 100 balls is $15 here. The range has top tracer launch monitors attached to the bays, so it helps to justify the cost sirchunksalot, cksurfdude, BallsLeon and 3 others 6 Quote WITB: D: QI-10 core 9* Ventus Blue TR Velocore 6x 3w: Brnr mini driver 13.5 S 3h: G430 19° Tour 2/Stiff 7W: 21° Rogue ST Max LinQ 7X 5i-6i: ZX5 MKII Project X 6.0 7i-PW: ZX7 MKII Project X 6.0 50°, 54° & 58°: Glide Forged Pro P: White Hot Versa DW Ball: Tour BX mindset Bag: Ghost MGS Anyday 14 way "And so, we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past." - Fitzgerald ” The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” - Frost "That you are here—that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." - Whitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Just now, Ben Joest said: The going rate for 100 balls is $15 here. The range has top tracer launch monitors attached to the bays, so it helps to justify the cost That would definitely be worth it having access to Top Tracer. I wish we had something like that close by. GolfSpy_BEN, GolfSpy_KFT, IndyBonzo and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheelvolvo Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 17 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said: It has been well documented here how much I love the Paradym TD. The thing is truly a beast. So freaking good. I would love to put it up against my G430 LST. I am not sure there would be too much of a difference, but it is something I would be curious about! Biggest difference I saw was in spin, which also equaled distance. G430LST w/ Kai’li 60x was around 2800rpm. Paradym TD w/ Kai’li 70x was around 2200rpm. cksurfdude and IndyBonzo 2 Quote In my Hoofer: G410 LST 10.5* - Kai'Li White 60 X-flex VRS Covert 3W 15* - Kuro Kage 65 S-flex T200 4-GW, DG X100 Tour Issue - Tester Glide 2.0 Stealth 54.12 SS & 58.10 SS Zing 2 LW - 60* Anser 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheelvolvo Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Went back to the range today and boy was I sore. I hit about 150 yesterday and could only muster 50 today before my swing fell apart. good news is that swing is getting more consistent and dispersion on all shots was much tighter, so I’m pleased with that progress. JerryB, IndyBonzo and cksurfdude 3 Quote In my Hoofer: G410 LST 10.5* - Kai'Li White 60 X-flex VRS Covert 3W 15* - Kuro Kage 65 S-flex T200 4-GW, DG X100 Tour Issue - Tester Glide 2.0 Stealth 54.12 SS & 58.10 SS Zing 2 LW - 60* Anser 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBC78 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Super Speed training and chipping out of the rough using ideas from a recent James Ridyard video. JerryB, cksurfdude, Tarheelvolvo and 1 other 4 Quote Ping G400 Max 10.5* - Kuro Kage HBP Black Gen 2, 44.5" length Ping G425 SFT 5W (19*) - Alta CB Slate SR flex Ping G430 5H (26*), 6H (30*) and 7H (34*)- Alta CB 70 regular flex Ping G710 8i-W - Recoil 80 F3 shaft (1) Cleveland CBX4 50* and 58*, Smart Sole 4C - Recoil 95 F3 shaft Odyssey Original 2-Ball White Hot counterbalanced (lead tape in the head, Super Stroke grip with 50-gram weight) Other: Vice Pro or Maxfli Tour; Shot Scope X5; True Linkswear; Callaway Org 7 bag; Clicgear 3.5+ Currently doing a Member Review on Argolf's Pendragon XL Broomstick putter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 40 minutes of Chipping and putting on my way to church as predicted. Commissioned and installed our deaconess intern in the service. sirchunksalot, Caddie1966, Tarheelvolvo and 4 others 7 Quote Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyBonzo Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 And to the PGATSS Foresight sim and dialed in the weight placement in the 9° Paradym TD, then dialed in the adapter settings (N -1), then did a ball test (Vice Pro Soft/ProV1/AVX) of relatively low spinning balls to see which ball gave the best spin/launch/dispersion/distance. I was surprised to learn the AVX won out, but not surprised that the Vice was a close second. I have been gaming the Vice; will try the AVX now and see how my irons and wedges like it! It was a very productive 90 mins. JerryB, sirchunksalot, Tarheelvolvo and 2 others 5 Quote Working at getting better ... and very slowly getting there. Paradym 8* ( FX 3.0 140 M0 Otto-Phlex) Rogue ST Max 3 & 5 Woods ( MotoreX F1 7-S) Paradym X 4 and 5 Hybrid ( MotoreX HB 7-S) CB-57 4-P or Maltby TS3 (4-8)/TS4 (9-PW)/TS1 (GW) (shafts: LZ 6.0) RTX6 Zipcore 53*, and 58* mid wedges (KBS High Rev 125) Special Select Fastback 1.5 Gloves Tour X Balls Don't count my clubs! Ha. The 4 iron, 5 hybrid, and 53* Cleveland are in and out of the bag depending on mood, course, and moon phase. My Official 2024 TaylorMade Qi10 Review: https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/62804-taylormade-qi10-drivers-2024-forum-member-review/?do=findComment&comment=1014200 My Official 2023 Red Rooster Sussex Glove Review: https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/58614-2023-mgs-forum-member-test-red-rooster-sussex-golf-glove/#comment-911042 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddie1966 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 5 hours ago, richk9holes said: $10 for a small bucket w/ 40 or so balls where I go, so not far off. I thought it was expensive when they raised it and stopped going so much. A few months back it was $10 for 90 balls. Crazy prices now. No Top tracer. This course gets ALOT of play so the range balls are pretty beat up. I had a few that I hit well but dropped out of the sky like a duck in hunting season. Luckily, the member guest is over tonight and I can get back to my club tomorrow after my grandson’s pitching as the starter in an 11 yr old baseball all star game. IndyBonzo, cksurfdude, GolfSpy_BEN and 1 other 4 Quote 917D2 driver 3 wood TS2 19 degree and 21 degree hybrids 0211 5-GW irons Glide 56 and 60 degree wedges EXO7 putter MAX grip Pro V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_KFT Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Went out and replayed some holes I didn’t play well yesterday evening. Doesn’t count towards yesterday’s round, but still felt good and always can use the extra practice. Hit a 277 yard drive on a Par 5 that I doubled yesterday that carried two left fairway bunkers. Shanked my 3 wood but recovered with a PW that just missed the green. Bump and run with the PW to 14’ and sank the putt for par. cksurfdude, BallsLeon, Jim Shaw and 3 others 6 Quote Driver: TSi3 9* Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6X Fairways: Aerojet Max 3W & 7W MCA Kai'Li White 60 Stiff Hybrid: King TEC 3H MCA MMT 85g Stiff Irons: Aerojet 6-GW KBS $-taper Lite Stiff Wedges: Snakebite Black 52/56/60 Hi-Rev 2.0 Black Stiff Putter: Super Select Newport 2.0 Ball: Tour X & ProV1x #LeftyGang Cobra 50th Anniversary Member Special Challenge (link here) Unofficial FootJoy Hyperflex BOA 2023 Review Unofficial Flightscope Mevo Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBC78 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Practiced chipping and putting at the NKGC practice green for about 90-minutes today. Started with lag putts of 30, 40 and 50 feet and putts of 3 to 10 feet both of which are my weakest areas in putting. Then practiced chipping from different lies in the rough and putting out. cksurfdude, GolfSpy_BEN, sirchunksalot and 1 other 4 Quote Ping G400 Max 10.5* - Kuro Kage HBP Black Gen 2, 44.5" length Ping G425 SFT 5W (19*) - Alta CB Slate SR flex Ping G430 5H (26*), 6H (30*) and 7H (34*)- Alta CB 70 regular flex Ping G710 8i-W - Recoil 80 F3 shaft (1) Cleveland CBX4 50* and 58*, Smart Sole 4C - Recoil 95 F3 shaft Odyssey Original 2-Ball White Hot counterbalanced (lead tape in the head, Super Stroke grip with 50-gram weight) Other: Vice Pro or Maxfli Tour; Shot Scope X5; True Linkswear; Callaway Org 7 bag; Clicgear 3.5+ Currently doing a Member Review on Argolf's Pendragon XL Broomstick putter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallsLeon Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Back to the range today. Warmed up with SW, trying to place shots close together about 50-60yds. Then 7i, which felt great. Knocking them straight. Thought to pull out the 6i to see distance between the two, but was having a hard time feeling the swing. Pulled out the 5H that usually gives me trouble, but today I was hitting a nice fade for whatever reason. Finally, finished off with new driver which was great until my swing started falling apart into a slice from being tired/sore. About 140 balls total. sirchunksalot, Jim Shaw, cksurfdude and 3 others 6 Quote Driver : Rogue ST Max LS, 10.5° loft, MCA TENSEI AV White 65g, Stiff flex (44.5") 3-Wood: Rogue ST LS, 15° loft, MCA TENSEI AV Blue 65g, Reg flex (42.25", tipped 0.5") 3-Utility: 699 Pro V2 Utility Satin, 18° loft, HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80g, 6.0 flex Irons: T200 6i-GW, 27°-48° lofts, Nippon Modus3 120g, Stiff flex (+0.5”, 1° upright) Wedges: Indi FLX S-Grind, 52°/56°/60° lofts, Dynamic Gold Spinner 115g, Wedge flex Putter: King Vintage Sport 60, SteelFiber P125 shaft (34"), Quad Tour Taper grip Bag: Ultralight Pro, Ski Patrol/Black Push Cart: Nitron, Black/Red Rangefinder: Bushnell Tour V5 Shift 2023 MGS Forum Review: Sugar Golf Balls (Final Review Posted) 2023 MGS Forum Review: Sycamore 009 Mini Putter (Final Review Posted) 2024 Unofficial Review: The "Putting Thing" by WhyGolf -TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hedrick Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 21 hours ago, Paul Hedrick said: Currently the weakest part of my game is putting. I spent a couple of hours today trying to improve my putting. I am playing a round of golf tomorrow with a friend and will see if my practice today will pay off. Today I played a round of golf with a friend at a local course. I played as well as I ever had. I will have to look at my history, but I am thinking this was the best round I have ever played. I recently started playing a new ball, and my distance off the tee, and accuracy, greatly improved. Driver and putter performed wonderfully today. Short game was not bad either. What I need to work on now is long irons. cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and JerryB 3 Quote Bag C130, 14 way Cart Bag Driver TSR1 Fairway GBB Epic 5 Hybrid Epic Flash 4H Iron 2 iron Irons Launcher HB, 4 through PW Wedges CBX2, 54 & 60 degree Putter Seemore Si1 Putter Ball Titleist pro v1x Other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Since today was my only day off this weekend, I spent it taking care of some things around the house and spending time with my wife, so I didn't get out to practice today. Instead, I got out the PuttOut mat to get in some time with the Agera. I only putted for a little over 30 minutes trying to make a perfect putt from each distance. From 1 foot it took 6 putts, 2 feet 25 putts, 3 feet 5 putts, and 4 feet 34 putts. I stopped after 45 putts at 5 feet because it's about time for bed. Something I will say about the Agera, our lives up to the hype of being a forgiving putter. I intentionally hit putts off the toe and heel at 3 through 5 feet and the ball just went straight at where I was aiming. I'll have to take video of this soon and post in the Cobra thread. So far out of the clubs the putter has been the one club I don't have a lot of confidence in, but if I keep this practice up it might just change that. GolfSpy_KFT, cksurfdude, IndyBonzo and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haro Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) My tee to game is getting much better losing strokes on my scorecard due to my short game. I worked in my putting last week and it was good last round. But my decision making around the greens to still poor. I have all the shots around the green but it’s a mind game Today I decided to putt /roll the ball like a putt with iron/hybrid/wedge when I can (some call that chipping but it’s a putting grip/motion ) If I can’t then chip or pitch( I been overthinking what chipping is ) basically for me it’s the same just further if I can’t chip/pitch then it will have to be a speciality shot I use maybe once every few rounds. That is would Greenside bunkers spashout or flop I been overthinking too much Of course the best way is to get on the green or the fringe every time so I don’t need to chip/pitch/flop/sand shot Edited June 12, 2023 by Haro cksurfdude, JerryB and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_KFT Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Went to the range on my lunch break to work on the top end of my bag today. Been struggling with my 5-7 irons and woods have been inconsistent at best. I did OK with my 7 iron, but the 5 and 6 I had a ton of fat misses. I am also noticing that the majority of my divot seems to come from the toe side of my club. For the Cobra challenge, I was fitted into 3* upright for my irons, so that may help alleviate some of that, but it comes down to the operator and not the equipment. To my surprise, I hit great shot after great shot with my 3 wood off the deck. I have struggled with that club off the tee to this point this year and haven't even tried it off the deck in rounds due to that fact. Whether or not I can repeat that into playing rounds is another story, but I was really happy about that. My 3 hybrid also performed quite well today on the range, but I have gotten some good shots out of that already this year. I was also consistently finding the center of the face on my driver, but all misses were hard fades/slices. I would say about 60/40 for the fade/slice against a straight ball. Again, being fitted into the Aerojet Max driver for the Cobra challenge, I'll be curious to see if that helps a bit with that miss. I currently game a TSi3 and have it set lofted up .75* and draw biased, with the sliding weight in the heel. I need to remember my tripod so I can see what I am doing with my swing with long irons to determine what is causing that consistent fat miss. 8 iron and down I have been hitting really well lately and am super confident in those clubs. That could also play a role in my struggles with long irons. I also ended up overthinking quite a bit and that is not a good combo when missing. League tomorrow night so I'll get a little warm up on the range before that, and hoping to go back to the range Wednesday afternoon over my lunch break again, depending on how I am feeling physically. cnosil, JerryB, IndyBonzo and 1 other 4 Quote Driver: TSi3 9* Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6X Fairways: Aerojet Max 3W & 7W MCA Kai'Li White 60 Stiff Hybrid: King TEC 3H MCA MMT 85g Stiff Irons: Aerojet 6-GW KBS $-taper Lite Stiff Wedges: Snakebite Black 52/56/60 Hi-Rev 2.0 Black Stiff Putter: Super Select Newport 2.0 Ball: Tour X & ProV1x #LeftyGang Cobra 50th Anniversary Member Special Challenge (link here) Unofficial FootJoy Hyperflex BOA 2023 Review Unofficial Flightscope Mevo Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 54 minutes ago, Jnoble89 said: Been struggling with my 5-7 irons and woods have been inconsistent at best. I did OK with my 7 iron, but the 5 and 6 I had a ton of fat misses. I am also noticing that the majority of my divot seems to come from the toe side of my club. Sounds like your hands are getting too high at impact which is more than likely due to early extension to compensate for a steep shaft. cksurfdude and GolfSpy_KFT 2 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richk9holes Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Putting practice, trying to make this a more regular thing to develop muscle memory knocking in putts from 2 1/2-7 1/2 feet. I keep increasing the degree of difficulty, so happy with 29/32 ~90% made. I ran this rack real smooth: cksurfdude, JerryB, tdroma98 and 1 other 4 Quote Finding a way to turn birdies into bogeys since 1992. #TeamChunks '23 Forum Tester: Elixir Golf Ball WITB:TS2 10.5° @ 11.25° Tensei blue AV 55 R graph•917f2 15° @ 16.5° Diamana blue x5ct dialed 70 R graph•Stealth 22° Ventus red 6 (non-velo) R graph• 699u 2i 17° tgi 70 R graph•24° Tour v 90 black pvd R steel•699 6i-PW Tour 110 black pvd R steel• SM8 50°/08° @ 52°/10° SM8 stock steel• Jaws Full Toe 56°/12° DG Spinner TI steel • c series DW 2.0 slant neck stock steel•Phantom 2 gps•Tour v3 rangefinder•Elixir golf ball• Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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